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BRAIN tumors are on the rise and no one knows why. It would be hard to find a family in which at least one member or friend has not had a brain tumor. Since most brain tumors produce symptoms, like headaches, that are commonly caused by far less devastating disorders, they are often ignored or...

Before Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, he said publicly he wanted to be watched for senility, in part because his mother, Nellie, had been senile for several years before her death at the age of 80. Now, nearly six years after he left the White House, after serving two terms as...

MEDICAL treatment for the 150,000 Americans each year who suffer severe head injuries is often so outdated that patients are more likely than not to receive treatments that could hurt them more than help. As a result, people are being left with permanant brain damage that could have been avoided. ...

BOB JOHNSON, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to their only National Hockey League championship last season in his first season coaching the team, had emergency surgery yesterday to remove a brain tumor that surgeons believe is malignant. "This was a complete shock," said the Penguins' team...